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Mid-South Side, Chicago Theatre

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June Staged Reading: #MonteCristo2020

May 22, 2024 Leave a Comment

#MonteCristo2020 Written and directed by Susan Harris & Bill Hohnke is an original musical in progress which reimagines Alexandre Dumas’s classic 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo through the lens of the coronavirus pandemic. The show is narrated by the Isolator, who discovers Dumas’s novel in the spring of 2020 while on lockdown. As […]

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“Do You Feel Anger?” by Mara Nelson-Greenberg

April 24, 2024 Leave a Comment

Hyde Park Community Players present Do You Feel Anger? An Absurdist Comedy By Mara Nelson-Greenberg Directed by Marilyn Cavicchia May 10 -12, 17-19  Fridays & Saturdays – 8 pm   •  Sundays – 3 pm matinee At University Church 5655 S. University Avenue Join us for our May production, Do You Feel Anger?, written by Mara […]

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AUDITIONS: “Do You Feel Anger?” by Mara Nelson-Greenberg

February 29, 2024 Leave a Comment

AUDITIONS! Please join us as we launch our May production of Do You Feel Anger? by Mara Nelson-Greenberg directed by Marilyn Cavicchia This absurdist comedy explores gender dynamics, workplace aggression, and how our attempts to build empathy can go dangerously off the rails–and keeps you laughing the whole time. Auditions are: Saturday, March 9, 2-5 […]

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Our November Staged Reading: #MonteCristo2020, Act 2

October 29, 2023 Leave a Comment

Friday Staged Reading (And Singing) #MonteCristo2020, Act 2 Friday, November 3, 8:00 pm Augustana Lutheran Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Avenue The team of Harris & Hohnke return, our own soon-to-be-famous brilliant creators in the musical genre. November 3, we will workshop the second installment of an original musical in progress, #MonteCristo2020. (Most of Act 1 […]

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Our 14th Annual Evening of Horror & Suspense

October 9, 2023 Leave a Comment

Join us for our 14th year of An Evening of Horror & Suspense in the Old-Time Radio Tradition University Church, at 57th & University, Friday & Saturday, October 27 & 28, at 7:30 PM ONE MORE NIGHT! Directed by Sasha Austin Spooky episodes, old and new, haunting melodies, your elegantly ghoulish announcer and those commercials. We’re […]

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Shakespeare Workshop 2023

July 24, 2023 Leave a Comment

Our Shakespeare Boot Camp returns! Getting Shakespeare Off the Shelf!         A one-day workshop providing an inviting, supportive,  creative environment                    to read, explore, and perform scenes from Shakespeare,                    get constructive feedback,                    have lots of fun! Who:   Adults, 15 years of age and older.  All levels of experience are welcome. When:  Saturday, August […]

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Who Are We?

Founded in January of 2009, the Hyde Park Community Players is a non-profit, amateur, volunteer organization whose mission is to create compelling theatre by and for residents of the South Side. Read More »

Support the Players

You can make your contribution to our work here at the Hyde Park Community Players. There are lots of ways to give! Read More »

Friday Staged Readings

In addition to our major productions, the Players present a monthly staged-reading series, typically on the first Friday night of each month.
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Auditions

Auditions usually take place a few months before a show, in two sessions, one on a weekend afternoon and one on a weekday evening.
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Production History

Since our founding in 2009, the Hyde Park Community Players have been putting on between 2-3 shows per season.
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